Betty Parsons, the Artist, at Bard
Peggy Roalf, American Illustration | American Photography
July 2026
While epoch-defining abstract expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman hosted photographers shooting their studio actions for features in LIFE magazine during the 1950s and ‘60s, the gallerist who put them on the map, Betty Parsons, stayed home and made paintings. Most of this work never saw light during her lifetime. But yesterday, a major exhibition, Betty Parsons: An Expanded World, opened at the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College. […]